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Community commitments memoDraft for committee review

Kemmerer, Wyoming24-month community investment program

Prepared for
The community committee
Host community
Kemmerer, Wyoming
Facility
Advanced nuclear plant (TerraPower Natrium, per public reporting)
Term
24 months
Annual fund
$500,000
Prepared
November 12, 2026

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program items, 0 with a local partner

$340,000

itemized over 24 months

$660,000

held in reserve for the committee

1 of 12 draft lines names a partner that couldn't be confirmed; 10 institutions stay for the committee to confirm.

1Material commitments, from the developer's filings

The cultural program below is in addition to these, never instead of them.

  • Jobs1,600 the first cited figure; every line is in the detail below2 sources
  • Power345 MW the first cited figure; every line is in the detail below1 source
  • WaterNot yet enteredCooling method, annual draw, replenishment
  • Noise & lightNot yet enteredLimits at the fence line, monitoring
  • TaxNot yet enteredAbatements, PILOT payments, school-district share
JobsSources and detail · 2 sources

TerraPower says it is mobilizing about 1,600 construction workers for the Natrium plant and expects about 250 full-time staff once it operates. TerraPower — TerraPower Commences Construction on America's First Utility-Scale Advanced Nuclear Power Plant (Apr 23, 2026) (opens in a new tab)

Lead contractor Bechtel left the project in September 2026, leaving Kemmerer's plans to house up to 1,600 workers in limbo; Bechtel said it does not expect the schedule to change, and completion is still expected around 2030. Cowboy State Daily — Kemmerer plans for 1,600 nuclear plant workers in limbo after contractor backs out (Oct 13, 2026) (opens in a new tab)

PowerSources and detail · 1 source

TerraPower says the plant pairs a 345 MW sodium-cooled fast reactor with molten-salt storage that can raise output to 500 MW. TerraPower — TerraPower Commences Construction on America's First Utility-Scale Advanced Nuclear Power Plant (Apr 23, 2026) (opens in a new tab)

From public reporting as of 2026-10-27. Check each figure against the developer's filings before this memo goes to the committee.

2The program

3 program items across 3 areas; 0 name a local partner.

The $1,000,000 24-month fund by program area
AreaAmountShare
Community fund grants$300,00030%
Community events$16,0002%
Where to announce it$24,0002%
Committee reserve$660,00066%
Total$1,000,000100%

Sessions over the 24 months

Sessions per program area and month over 24 months
AreaMonths with a sessionSessions
Community fund grants9, 212
Community events10, 222
Where to announce it1, 132
ItemItem budget
Community fund grantsOnce a year (months 9 and 21)$300,000
Open community grant cycle: residents rank, the committee decides
2 cycles × $150,000 · Applicants: local organisations. Open call each cycle; residents rank the shortlist and the committee awards.
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First session Aug 15, 2027

$300,000
Community eventsOnce a year (months 10 and 22)$16,000
Community watch party: University of Utah
2 events × $8,000 · Free, all ages, at a host venue from this plan. Built around a team the town favours.
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First session Sep 15, 2027

$16,000
Where to announce itOnce a year (months 1 and 13)$24,000
Announce the program where the town already listens and watches
2 waves × $12,000 · The MeatEater Podcast · Cal of the Wild · Office Ladies
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First session Dec 15, 2026

$24,000
Reserve, for the committee
Not itemized by this tool: more grant cycles, larger awards or items residents add. The committee decides.
$660,000
Total over 24 months$340,000 itemized + $660,000 in reserve$1,000,000

Annual fund $500,000. Illustrative. A thin-data host: expect fewer grounded picks.

How each item is costed
Each item is costed per session or event (sessions × unit cost: training night $9,000, supplier day $6,000, watch party $8,000, music night $30,000, announcement wave $12,000). Unit costs cover instructors, stipends, childcare and venue hire; they are not payments to the partner. Grants take up to 30% of the fund, capped at $100,000 per grantee per cycle; what named applicants don't take is an open cycle for local organisations. The rest stays unassigned for the committee to allocate. Qloo supplies the partners and signals, not the costs.

3Guardrails

  1. 3.1Not persuasion: no item is timed to a vote, hearing or permit decision.
  2. 3.2Residents rank the grant shortlist in an anonymous ballot; the community committee decides. No resident data is sent to Qloo.
  3. 3.3No political, religious or identity targeting. 7 Qloo results were excluded by rule.
  4. 3.4Signals describe aggregate local affinities, not individual people. Partner availability is not yet confirmed.
Send the shortlist to residentsOpens the anonymous resident ballot and a simulated committee tally.

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Draft for discussion. Not reviewed or adopted by the committee.Kemmerer · November 12, 2026

Next step

Partner outreach

An OpenAI agent picks partners from the program, confirms each one in OpenStreetMap and drafts a first email. Rules check every draft, including that it names the sponsor. Nothing is sent.